ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Oct. 26 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana College will host the next joint spring meeting of the Illinois and Iowa sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Slated for April 4-6, the event will include public lectures, plenary sessions, college student research talks and local community features. Dr. Nathan Frank, Augustana's chair of physics, engineering, and astronomy, said the joint meeting will bring together faculty from four-  more

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Oct. 26 -- The University of Dubuque issued the following news release: The Wendt Center for Character Education at the University of Dubuque received a $50,000 Capacity-Building Grant to revisit its character education across campus and incorporate social and emotional learning into the center's initiatives. The grant, from the Educating Character Initiative (ECI), is part of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. "Our team is excited to elevate our  more